Preface Introduction Fin de siécle Vienna Getting Started The Real World Prague Berlin The Gates of Hell Had Opened Flight Zemlinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and Schoenberg's Circle Zemlinsky and the Eternal Feminine, Alma Schindler Poetry and Song The Songs Apprenticeship: Early Unpublished Songs A New Path: Unpublished Songs Maturity Unpublished Songs of 1916 Symphonic Songs Two Songs Appendix Bibliography Song Index: Listing by Title Subject Index
Reveals the significance of the songs of rediscovered composer Alexander Zemlinsky and presents an analysis of them in a cultural, historical, and musicological context.
LORRAINE GORRELL is Professor of Music and an artist and performer at Winthrop University in South Carolina. Educated at Hood College and Yale University, she has contributed to such journals as The Music Review and Music and Musicians, and is the author of The Nineteenth-Century German Lied.
"Discordant Melody by Lorraine Gorrell is a primer on Zemlinsky,
from both the perspective of his songs, and his association with
and influence on the composers comprising what has become known as
the Second Viennese School....[a] captivating account of
Zemlinsky's life and career, his ties to schoenberg and his
associates, and his place in music history. It will undoubtedly
whet the reader's curiosity to explore the songs of this unsung
composer."-Journal of Singing
?Discordant Melody by Lorraine Gorrell is a primer on Zemlinsky,
from both the perspective of his songs, and his association with
and influence on the composers comprising what has become known as
the Second Viennese School....[a] captivating account of
Zemlinsky's life and career, his ties to schoenberg and his
associates, and his place in music history. It will undoubtedly
whet the reader's curiosity to explore the songs of this unsung
composer.?-Journal of Singing
?Gorell is here at her literary finest in detailing Viennese life
and personal relationships among composers vital to the development
of modern music. Her thoroughly researched and vividly portrayed
account of the devastating effect of the Nazi regime on Austrian
musical life in general, and on Jewish musicians in particular is
powerful....Highly recommended. Music students, scholars, and
performers interested in compositional trends; upper-division
undergraduates and above.?-Choice
"Gorell is here at her literary finest in detailing Viennese life
and personal relationships among composers vital to the development
of modern music. Her thoroughly researched and vividly portrayed
account of the devastating effect of the Nazi regime on Austrian
musical life in general, and on Jewish musicians in particular is
powerful....Highly recommended. Music students, scholars, and
performers interested in compositional trends; upper-division
undergraduates and above."-Choice
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